The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Made: 13th February 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Revocation of secondary legislation

Revocation

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PART 3 — Transitional provision and consequential amendments

Transitional provision: the 1978 Order

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Transitional provisions: the 2000 Regulations

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Transitional provision: offence of pretending to be a registered European lawyer

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Transitional provision: disciplinary proceedings

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Transitional provision: applications for entry into profession of solicitor or barrister

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Consequential amendments and further transitional provision

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SCHEDULE — Consequential amendments and further transitional provision

PART 1 — Primary legislation

Solicitors Act 1974

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Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

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Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979

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County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980

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Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

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Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

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County Courts Act 1984

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Administration of Justice Act 1985

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Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

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Legal Services Act 2007

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Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018

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PART 2 — Secondary legislation

Compensation (Exemptions) Order 2007

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Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2007

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Solicitors' (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 2009

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Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011

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Signed

Lucy Frazer — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 13th February 2019

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2018 c. 16.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1978/1910, amended by S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8), 2003/435 (N.I. 10), 2004/1117, 2008/81 and 2013/1605.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2000/1119, amended by S.I. 2001/644, 2003/435 (N.I. 10), 2004/1628, 2008/81, 2009/1587, 2009/3348, 2013/534, 2013/1605, 2013/3176, 2015/401 and 2015/2059.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), amended by S.I. 1989/1343 (N.I. 14).

[^f00005]: 1974 c. 47, amended by section 154 of, and Schedule 7, paragraph 132 to, the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), sections 147 and 152 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54), section 56(b) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), sections 37, 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), sections 8, 44, 67 and 69(5) of, and Schedule 1, paragraph 10, Schedule 7, paragraphs 5 and 6, Schedule 8, Part 3 and Schedule 9, paragraph 9 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61), section 45 of, and Schedule 5, paragraph 19 to, the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34), sections 92 and 125 of, and Schedule 18, paragraphs 14 and 15 and Schedule 20 to, the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), sections 48 and 106 of, and Schedule 7, paragraphs 7 and 9 and Schedule 15, Part 1 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), section 165 of, and Schedule 9, paragraph 46 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), section 59(5) of, and Schedule 11, Part 4, paragraph 21 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), sections 177 and 210 of, and Schedule 16, Part 1, paragraphs 37, 38, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50 and 51 and Schedule 23 to, the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), section 39 of, and Schedule 5, Part 1, paragraphs 7 to 9 to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) and S.I. 2015/401. There are other amending instruments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), amended by sections 59 and 148 of, and Schedule 11, paragraph 6 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, S.I. 1989/1343 (N.I. 14), 2003/435 (N.I. 10), 2009/1604, S.R. 2015 No. 159, 2015 No. 914 and 2016 No. 108.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1979/195, amended by S.I. 2003/355. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00010]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: 1984 c. 28. Section 142 was amended by section 17(5) of, and Schedule 9, paragraph 10(1)(a) to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).

[^f00012]: 1985 c. 61.

[^f00013]: The heading to section 9 was amended by S.I. 2015/401. Section 9 was amended by section 177(b) of, and Schedule 16, Part 2, paragraph 81(3) to, the Legal Services Act 2007 and amended by S.I. 2000/1119 and 2015/401. There are other amending instruments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00014]: Section 9A was inserted by section 177(b) of, and Schedule 16, Part 2, paragraph 82 to, the Legal Services Act 2007 and amended by S.I. 2008/3074.

[^f00015]: Section 43 was amended by sections 24 and 106 of, and Schedule 4, paragraph 36 and Schedule 15, Part 1 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999, section 177(b) of, and Schedule 16, Part 2, paragraph 84 to, the Legal Services Act 2007 and section 39(1) of, and Schedule 5, Part 1, paragraph 31 to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

[^f00016]: Paragraphs 14B and 14C were inserted by section 177(b) of, and Schedule 16, Part 2, paragraph 103 to, the Legal Services Act 2007 and amended by S.I. 2015/401.

[^f00017]: Paragraphs 16 to 21 were amended by section 125 of, and Schedule 18, paragraph 57 and Schedule 20 to, the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, section 177(b) of, and Schedule 16, Part 2, paragraphs 104 to 109 and Schedule 23 to, the Legal Services Act 2007, section 39(1) of, and Schedule 5, Part 1, paragraph 32 to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and S.I. 2015/401.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: 2007 c. 29. There are amending instruments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00020]: 2018 c. 10.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2007/209, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00022]: S.I. 2007/3588.

[^f00023]: S.I. 2009/1931, amended by S.I. 2010/2262 and 2012/171.

[^f00024]: S.I. 2011/2866, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Editorial notes

[^key-7d127cfd834edc76d8616a9885704d56]: Regulations revoked (24.11.2020) by The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1342), regs. 1(2), 3(c) (with Sch. para. 13)